| A | B |
|---|
| Network | system of connnected railroad lines. |
| consolidate | to combine, such as businesses. |
| Rebate | descount on services or merchandise. |
| Pool | method of ending competition used by railroads and other businesses in the late 1800's. railroads divided up business in an area and fixed prices at a highlevel. |
| vertical integration | method of controlling an inductry from raw materials to finished products. |
| capital | money raised for a business venture. |
| corporation | business owned by investors who buy shares of stock. |
| stock | shares in a corporation run by a single board of directors. |
| dividend | payment to stockholders from a corporation's profits. |
| trust | group of corporations run by a single board of directors. |
| monopoly | company that completely controls the market of a certain industry. |
| free enterprise system | economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens, not by the government. |
| assembly line | method of production in which workers add parts to a product that moves along on a belt. Introduced by Henry Ford in 1913 |
| mass production | making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply. |
| injunction | court order to do or not to do something. |
